Staging your house to stay

Who says it’s only for selling?

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The most dramatic changes to this South Boston room were new paint and carpet. “Neutral colors give you a lot of flexibility, then you have freedom with what you do in the rest of the room.”

August 19, 2012

Julie Chrissis

Rather than just housekeeping, the idea behind reducing clutter is to highlight what’s important. “When you have more than you need, nothing is special.”

By following the same principles stagers use to prepare a house for market, you can make your home more comfortable all the time, says Julie Chrissis, owner of the New Hampshire-based design firm Chrissis & Company Interiors (chrissisandco.com, 603-557-8399).

ONE ROOMAT A TIME

“The biggest source of frustration homeowners have is not seeing progress. If you tackle one room at a time, you cannot help but see the space as it is transformed.”